I am so tired that my toes are limp and my hair aches. Even my left earlobe can barely support its own weight. I can, however, hug my children (who did just fine without me, thank you very much). Because the ache to hold a creature such as this is far, far stronger than the ache of tired.

So hold them I will. And that is the only thing that I am going to do today. The only thing.